Rail-securing tie or sleeper for permanent ways.



Patntad July 4, I899.

G. WEISE.

RAIL SECURING TIE 0R SLEEPER FOR PERMANENT WAYS. (Application med Apr. 28, 1599.

(No Model.)

JyZ I J! {L r w 4 L 0 0 Alk'l o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV IVEISE, OF LAKE LALBERT, VICTORIA, AS SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE NALDER, OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-SECURING TIE OR SLEEPER FOR PERMANENT WAYS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 628,376, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed April 28, 1899. 'Serial No. 714,858. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV Warsn, a subject of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Lake Lalbert, in the Colony of Victoria, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Securing Ties or Sleepers for Permanent Ways; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide metallic railway-sleepers so constructed that said sleepers when properly laid down grip the rails, (whether of Vignoles double-headed or other form,) so making spikes, chairs, keys, and the like as now commonly used to fasten rails to sleepers in the construction of permanent ways wholly unnecessary. The work of laying down railway-lines can by this invention be performed more easily and expeditiously than is usual, while the durability of metal over wood renders the former preferable and in the end cheaper. Each sleeper (of T or angle iron or steel) comprises two parallel halves or sections of any suitable length or weight,which have only to be bolted, riveted, or otherwise screwed together to fasten the rails to any predetermined gage.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows in cross-section two such halves of T- iron, which when'combined form the sleeper. In the other views angle-iron is shown. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of a sleeper in position across the track, one of the rails being shown in its clamped position, the bolts connecting the sleepers being riveted. Fig. 3 represents a plan of portion of a railway-track with one of my sleepers bolted up and securing the rails to gage, one sleeper also being shown ready for the insertion of the bolts and one railbeing shown shorter than the other to better exhibit certain details. Fig. 4 shows in plan view the central wedgebolt which passes through tapering holes in the adjoining halves of the sleepers, and thereby secures the latter in position. Fig. 5

shows portion of a sleeper in elevation, showing the tapering holes adapted toreceive the the same letters of reference indicate like parts.

T- iron may be used Where angle-iron is shown and is preferred.

Referring to the lettering, X indicates the rails, and Y the ballast or earth.

A and A are the respective members or halves,which when combined forma sleeper, in the vertical web of each of which are two recessed slots B C and B C, respectively,

each slot being at its top (or narrowest) part somewhat wider than the rail-base. On one side of each slot is a projection adapted to fit in over the flange or lower head of the rail and truly meet the web thereof. The arrangement of these projections G H GH','

respectively, is such that one projection occurs at each side of each rail. The two projections on one half-sleeper face in one direction and the two on the other half-sleeper in the opposite direction. Thus, as seen in the drawings, the part A has projections G and H, which meet the left-hand side of each rail, and the part A has projections G and H, which meet the right-hand side of the said rails. It will now be evident that in assembling the two half-sleepers together side slots may be left, into which the rails can be dropped, and then either or both of the half sleepers can be thrust endwise until the lower part (herein called a fiange) of each rail is located in one of the recesses below the projections G H and G H, respectively, these projections gripping or fitting close to the web and being high enough to meet the head of the rail on the under side when such a heavy construction (not shown) is preferred. When this contact is secured,two holes D and 1), having inclined or tapering sides and sit uated at about mid-length of each half-sleeper, will have been brought almost exactly opposite one another. The small end of the larger 'on the rails.

hole adjoins the larger end of the smaller, the non-coincident edges being clearly shown in Fig. 4. Through these holes a tapering wedge-bolt E is passed, and owing to the noncoincidenee aforesaid the wedge-bolt contacts with hole D on the opposite side to that on which the said bolt contacts with hole D. The wedge-bolt is then screwed up tight, and this has the effect of forcing each half-sleeper in the endwise direction shown by arrow thereon in Figs. 3 and 4, so increasing the grip and pressure of projections G 1-1 G 1-1 F are any suitable number of bolts, which are then screwed up through suitable holes provided for the purpose, so as to register with one another, or drilled at the time, so completing the construction and making every part rigid.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let-- te-rs Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a railway-sleeper, the combination with two parallel members slotted for the reception of the rails, movable with respect to each other, and provided with tapering openin gs arranged to be brought into coincidence; of a wedge-shaped bolt or key adapted to engage the said tapering openings and upon being secured, to impart a slight longitudinal movement in opposite directions to the two members of the sleeper, causing the same to grasp the rails, substantially as described.

2. Ina railway-sleeper of T or angle iron or steel, the combination of two parallel halves or sections having slots B, O, B, O, projections G, H, G, H, tapered holes D, D, a tapered or wedge bolt E and bolts F or other means for connecting the said halves of the sleeper all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV IVEISE.

Vitnesses:

DONALD PATERSON, GEORGE LEWIS. 

